Letters from the year 2002 written by Swami B.G. Narasingha Maharaja on various instructive subject matters of Gaudiya philosophy, history and etiquette.
Stick Very Closely to the Instruction of Your Guru (11/10/02)
Stick Very Closely to the Instruction of Your Guru (11/10/02) Dear M___ Dāsa, Hare Kṛṣṇa. I came to know from the devotees after you returned to Bangalore this weekend, that you are not regularly chanting your rounds and that you have also become disturbed by reading some quotes of Śrīla Prabhupāda on the internet. If you neglect to regularly chant, then this will Read more...
First Understand ‘Asat Saṅga Tyāga’! (11/29/02)
First Understand ‘Asat Saṅga Tyāga’! (11/29/02) Dear R___ Bābā, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga. I wanted to send you a short note just to mention that my feelings about B____ as being an offender of my Guru Mahārāja are not put to rest. Not only is he an offender to Śrīla Prabhupāda, but he is an offender Read more...
Can’t You Find Anyone Who isn’t An Offender to Bhaktisiddhānta? (12/05/02)
Can’t You Find Anyone Who isn’t An Offender to Bhaktisiddhānta? (12/05/02) Daṇḍavats R___ Bābā, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Read the quotes and draw your own conclusion. My conclusion is already know. What is also increasingly known is that B__ is the person translating your Guru Mahārāja's books into English. If you ask around the Vaiṣṇava world you will see that B___ is not very well liked Read more...
How I was ‘Dragged’ by Śrīla Śrīdhara Mahārāja and Śrīla Purī Mahārāja (12/05/02)
How I was ‘Dragged’ by Śrīla Śrīdhara Mahārāja and Śrīla Purī Mahārāja (12/05/02) Dear P____ Prabhu. Koṭi, koṭi, koṭi daṇḍavats. How did you come in connection with Śrīdhara Mahārāja’s books? Well, I was on the Big Island for a Gaura Pūrṇimā function in 1986. That evening, a devotee gave me one of Śrīla Śrīdhara Mahārāja's books (‘The Golden Volcano of Divine Love’) wherein it Read more...
He Spreads Doubt and Poison (12/06/02)
He Spreads Doubt and Poison (12/06/02) Dear Śrīpāda B___ Mahārāja, My daṇḍavats to Your Holiness. As you may know I have been having some correspondence with R___ Bābā regarding B__ who does translation work. B___ has worked fro M___ for many years, but this has always been a disturbance to me because I know who he is, how he rejected his guru (Śrīla Swami Read more...
I Pray Your Guru Mahārāja Inspires You to Do the Right Thing (12/10/02)
I Pray Your Guru Mahārāja Inspires You to Do the Right Thing (12/10/02) All Glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga Dear Śrīpāda B___ Mahārāja, Koṭi daṇḍavats. I read B__’s correspondence with you below. In my opinion, he is simply speaking flowery words like, āmāra jīvana eka rakham bhāve āpnāra-i hāṭhe raila, and ami apanāra carana dhare. I think he has written to you Read more...
Saving the World, Voting and Vegetarianism (12/10/02)
Saving the World, Voting and Vegetarianism (12/10/02) Dear P____ Dāsa, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Is it our duty then to vote to outlaw these and other sins? It is not necessarily our duty to 'vote’, but if a householder can do something to stop sinful activity in the world, then he should do that. Our main duty is to follow properly in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and to Read more...
Let All the Knowledge of So-Called Scholars Go to Hell (12/12/02)
Let All the Knowledge of So-Called Scholars Go to Hell (12/12/02) Dear Śrīpāda B___ Mahārāja, Daṇḍavats. I have received a forwarded copy of B___’s ‘apologies’ and here are my comments below. I would like first of all to apologise for any statements I have made that may have hurt or offended you or any of the other devotees in the line of Siddhanta Sarasvati Read more...
An Excuse for an Apology (12/15/02)
An Excuse for an Apology (12/15/02) Dear Śrīpāda B___ Mahārāja, My koṭi daṇḍavats to Your Holiness. R___ Bābā has forwarded me his email below written to B___ and I am happy to see that R__ is firm in his śraddhā and also a gentleman as his Guru Mahārāja would desire. I would like to make the following comment for your consideration. One may make Read more...
God Helps Those Who Help Themselves (12/16/02)
God Helps Those Who Help Themselves (12/16/02) Dear R____ Hare Kṛṣṇa I have had some emails with G___ Dāsa and it seems that he is at a crossroads. I have suggested that he take a one month spiritual R&R at the āśrama of T__ Prabhu. It would probable be very good for him and he could then decide what is his next step. I Read more...
